Hose-rack.



PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907 R.- 1). WIRT.

HOSE RACK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, 1905.

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R. D. WIRT.

HOSE RACK.

APPLICATION rum) NOV. 29, 1905.

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UNTTE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOSE-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

Application filed November 29,1905. Serial No. 289,676.

To all It'll/0717 it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN D. IVIRT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Hose-R ack, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to hose racks of that general type employed inbuildings at points adjacent to a stand pipe.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a supporting rackfrom which the hose may be quickly released, and which will offer littleor no resistance to the removal of the hose.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this type inwhich the hose is supported on a plurality of pins so arranged thatwhile capable of movement to permit freeing of the hose, they will stillremain attached to a fixed support in position to permit the readyadjustment of the hose after the fire is extinguished.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a hose rack inwhich a plurality of hose supporting pins are swiveled at one end to afixed support, and have their opposite ends disposed within a grooveformed in a second support, said pins being so arranged that during theremoval of the hose from the rack they will turn through an arc of aboutninety degrees in a horizontal plane, and will, also, fall, forminginclined guides down which the hose may slide between the two fixedsupports.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a hose rack ofsuch construction that it may be readily applied to brackets ofdifferent character; for instance, wall brackets or pipe brackets,without change in the construction of the rack.

IVith these and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafterappear, the invention consists in certain novel features of constructionand arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims, it being understood that various changes in the form,proportions, size and minor details of the structure may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit or sacrificing any of the.

advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectionalelevation of a hose rack constructed in accordance with the invention,showing the same supported by a pipe bracket. Fig. 2 is a detailperspective view of the hose rack and pipe bracket, a portion of one endof the rack being broken away in order to more clearly illustrate theconstruction. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the rack on theline 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a portion ofthe rack showing the same car ried by a wall bracket. Fig. 5 is a detailperspective view of a slight modification of the invention.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts; throughout the several figures of the drawmgs.

The main frame of the hose rack is substantially U-shaped, including twoparallel arms 1112, connected at the rear or inner end by a curvedportion 13, while the opposite ends of the arm are spaced to permit theready introduction and withdrawal of the hose. Each of the arms 11-12 isprovided with a vertical flange which greatly increases in height fromthe outer end, and at the rear or inner end is made of considerableheight in order to strengthen and brace the frame at the point ofsupport, and to permit the use of a long pivot to prevent sagging underthe weight of the hose and rack. The rear portion 13 of the rack isprovided with an eX- tended boss 14 having openings at its upper andlower ends for the passage of a bolt 15, one or both ends of which maybe threaded for the reception of nuts 16. Under some circumstances thevertical bolt may constitute the pivot on which the hose rack swings,but in carrying out the invention provision is made for supporting therack on brackets of different shape and size. The upper and lower facesof the portion 13 of the rack are provided with bosses 17, and thesebosses, which are preferably rectangular in contour, are arranged to fitwithin corresponding recesses formed in pivot plates 19, the rear endsof said plates having openings 20 for the passage of the stand pipe m,as shown, for instance, in Fig. 1, the stand pipe, or a branch thereof,forming the pivot around which the bracket members 19 and the hose rackmay swing during the removal of the hose from the rack.

In some cases it may be desired to provide a wall bracket, such, forinstance, as the bracket 19, shown in Fig. 4, said bracket comprising abase member for securement to the wall, and arms that are provided withopenings for the passage of the bolt 15, the latter in this case forminga pivot on which the rack may swing. In such cases the lugs 17 are idle,but do not detract materially from the appearance of the rack, and saidracks may be made in large quantities without regard to the particulartype of bracket on which they are to be supported.

To the vertical flange of the arm 11 is se cured a bar 23 that isprovided with a large number of elongated openings 24, through whichpass the end portions of hose supporting pins 25. These pins arepreferably of metal, and one end is bent at a right angle to the lengthof the pin, and is then provided with a head 26 which plays in a spacebetween the upper edge of the bar 23 and the lower face 01' thehorizontal flange of the arm 11, the space, however, being too narrow topermit the withdrawal of any of the pins through the openings 24. As theopenings 24 are elongated, they permit the free swinging of the pins inboth vertical and hori zontal planes, and the pins have practicallyuniversal movement so that the hose sup ported thereby may be readilyfreed when necessary. The free ends of the pins are arranged to restwithin a groove formed in the opposite arm 12, and the walls of saidgroove may be formed integral with the casting as shown in Fig. 4, or aseparate channel bar 29 may be employed, the groove 30 of such barreceiving the ends of the pins. In the construction shown in Figs. 2 and3, the channel bar is provided with vertically extended lugs 31 that arearranged for the re ception of screws 32 by which the bar may be firmlylocked to the arm 12.

Under normal conditions the pins 25 are arranged to extend transverselybetween the arms 11 and 12, and at a right angle to both arms, the freeends of the pins resting on the lower wall of the groove 30, and beingsupported thereby until on pulling the hose, the

pins are swung on their axes, and the ends of said pins fall by gravityfrom the inner edge of the support. Near the outer end of the groove 30,the lower wall is provided with a slight notch or depression 33 toreceive the end of the outermost of the hose supporting pins forming animpositive lock which will require a slight pull on the hose toreleaseit, thus preventing accidental displacement of the hose.

In practice, the hose is looped over the several pins in the mannershown in Fig. 1, and the end of the hose adjacent to the nozzle iscarried up over the outer side of the outermost pin, and the'nozzle isthen laid on top of the row of pins, being held from lateral disment bythe arms 11 and 12, While the hose will ordinarily prevent the escape ofthe first pin from the supporting groove.

In case of fire, the operator grasps the nozzle, and by pulling on thehose the pins are moved outward in successive order, swinging on theiraxes, and as each pin drops from the support, it forms an'inclined wayon which the hose descends by gravity, and the hose in moving down willthrust the pin sidewise, or in the direction of the arm 1 1, so thatsaid pins will assume the positions shown to the left of Fig. 4.

It is obvious that instead of providing the bar 23 with a series ofopenings 24, an elongated slot 24 may be formed in the bar for thereception of the pins, so that the latter will be free to move in orderto accommodate hose of different width.

With a device of this character, hose may be readily removed in case offire, and the supporting pins are firmly attached, and are always inposition wh en it becomes necessary to replace the hose.

I claim 1. A hose rack comprising a pair of arms, one of said arms beingprovided with a plurality of elongated openings, hose supporting pinshaving upturned end portions extending through the openings and providedwithheads of a diameter greater than the narrowest portions of theopenings, the pins being free to turn through a horizontal arc, and theelongated openings permitting the falling of the pins to angularposition to free the hose, the second arm forming a loose support forthe free ends of said pins.

2. A hose rack having a pair of spaced arms, one of which is providedwith a horizontal flange, a bar carried by said arm at a point below theflange and provided with a plurality of elongated openings, hosesupporting pins having upturned end portions extending through theopenings and provided with heads tree to play between the bar and theflange, the second arm forming a loose support for the free ends of thepins, said pins when disengaged from the second arm being free to fallto a position to form inclined planes for the descent of the hose, andbeing free to revolve through a horizontal are to a position clear ofthe hose, substantially as specified.

3. A hose rack having a pair of flaring arms, one of which is providedwith a horizontal flange, a bar carried by said arm at a point below theflange and provided with a ICC ITO

plurality of spaced. elongated openings, hose 4. A hose rack comprisinga pair of arms and a plurality of hose supporting pins, each having anupturned end portion extending loosely through an elongated opening inone of the arms and provided with a head of a diameter greater than thenarrowest portion of the opening, the pins being thus free to turnthrough a horizontal arc, and to fall to angular position to free thehose, the second arm forming a support for the free ends of said plns.

5. A hose rack comprising a frame having hose supporting members, andprovided at its rear end With a bolt receiving opening, and with lugsadjacent to said opening for interchangeable connection with fixed orpivoted supporting brackets.

6. The combination with a hose rack ha ving a bolt receiving opening, ofa pair of plates forming a supporting bracket for the rack, a boltextending through said opening and through corresponding openings in theplates, and auXiliar means for interlocking the rack in place' 7. A hoserack having at its rear end a vertically arranged bolt receiving openingand provided with lugs adjacent to said opening, a pair of platesarranged to form a supporting bracket, said plates having recesses forthe reception of the lugs, and a bolt extending through said opening andthrough corresponding openings formed in said plates.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

REUBEN D. VVIRT.

Witnesses:

C. R. PARKER, JosEPH THOMASSON.

